LISBON, Ohio — Nic Talbott has wanted for years to be an Army intelligence officer. Instead, he has been a Walmart shelf stocker, an Amazon delivery driver, a substitute gym teacher and currently, a night-shift courier for a veterinary lab — all because he is transgender and therefore was banned from serving in the military.
But as he has driven his shift through the dark hills of Appalachia, he has wondered if years of deferring his dreams might end after former President Donald J.
Trump left office. “All I want is a chance,” he said. Mr. Talbott, 27, has been trying to join the military for much of his adult life.
He has a college degree, top physical scores, a spotless record and everything else that would make him an enticing candidate..